title: OASIS: an assessment tool of epidemiological surveillance systems in animal health and food safety.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop a standardized tool for the assessment of surveillance systems on zoonoses and animal diseases. We reviewed three existing methods and combined them to develop a semi-quantitative assessment tool associating their strengths and providing a standardized way to display multilevel results. We developed a set of 78 assessment criteria divided into ten sections, representing the functional parts of a surveillance system. Each criterion was given a score according to the prescription of a scoring guide. Three graphical assessment outputs were generated using a specific combination of the scores. Output 1 is a general overview through a series of pie charts synthesizing the scores of each section. Output 2 is a histogram representing the quality of eight critical control points. Output 3 is a radar chart representing the level reached by ten system attributes. This tool was applied on five surveillance networks.
authors.affiliation: French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Scientific Direction of Laboratories, Lyon, France. pascal.hendrikx@anses.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hendrikx
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chazel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moutou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Danan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richomme
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boue
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Souillard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gauchard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dufour
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D059022:Food Safety / Q000379:methods*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006302:Health Services Research; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance / Q000662:veterinary*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology*